MicroWaveDec 18

ICE agent kneels on pregnant woman as bystanders hurl snowballs at him

https://lemmy.world/post/40355070

ICE agent kneels on pregnant woman as bystanders hurl snowballs at him - Lemmy.World

As always, the story Minneapolis residents are sharing is different from what ICE claims. ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis on Monday, dragging her through the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted that the woman was pregnant. During what was supposed to be a “targeted vehicle stop,” according to ICE officials, protesters swarmed the agents. Esme Murphy, a WCCO reporter, was on the scene, where she saw ICE holding a woman on the ground. “Please let her go! She’s pregnant!” one onlooker shouted. “Get her off of her fucking stomach,” another said.

Show threadKronoDec 18

If you’re ever lucky enough to get selected for jury duty on an “assault on a federal officer” case, then I believe it is your civic duty to acquit, no matter the evidence.

Google “jury nullification”.

Show threadwheezyDec 19

This is literally a Doug Stanhope bit from decades ago. Still true today.

youtu.be/1k4fYIUuAP8

TAKE JURY DUTY.wmv

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Show threadKrono

Yeah that era of comedians and pundits had a thing about “frivolous lawsuits”. It’s a conservative talking point, similar to how modern comedians whinge about cancel culture and trans rights.

I think they were dead wrong, lawsuits protect us all from corporate malfeasance. The grandma that had her genitals melted off by McDonald’s boiling hot coffee deserved even more money, and none of public ridicule.

That being said, it’s still a great bit.

Dec 19 at 8:34amWeb
Show threadwheezyDec 19
Yeah. It’s definitely the part of the bit that didn’t age well so I wanted to give context. You nailed it. I think comedians of that time were leaning into to “libertarianism” since there was no real leftist movement in that time.